Recording and Editing Green Screen Video

Audio/Video

Prerequisites:

None

Description:

"Chroma key compositing, or chroma keying, is a special effects / post-production technique for compositing two images or video streams together based on color hues (chroma range). The technique has been used heavily in many fields to remove a background from the subject of a photo or video – particularly the newscasting, motion picture and videogame industries. ..." (from Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chroma_key ).

Come to learn:

What to take to do chroma keying;

Where to shoot chroma key video;

How to use chroma key effect in iMovie and Final Cut Pro X.

The students will also be given an opportunity to shoot Chroma Key footage at the DMC Video/Photography Studio and get hand-on experience of light set-up for the green screen.